The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.

Pilles. CHAP. XLIII.

To make Pilles of Aristolochia.

1 R. The roote of round Aristolochia ℥ i. roote of Gentian, Myrrhe ana ʒ iii. Aloes, Cina∣mon ana ℥ ss. Ginger ʒ i. beate them very fine, and make them up with new Oyle of sweete Al∣monds, the dose is ʒ i. ss. they may be drunke, but they are so bitter that they are more easily swallowed. These Pilles are of an opening vertue, scouring the Liver, and Reines, and are good in an olde Cough, and in the sup∣pression of womens visits; also they expell the after birth, and dead childe.

Pills of Agaricke.

2 R. Of Agaricke, Mastick ana ʒ iii. root of Flower-de-luce, Horebound, ana ʒ i. Turbith ʒ v. powdered, Hiera Picra ℥ ss. the pulpe of Coloquintida, Sarcocoll, ana ʒ ii. Myrrhe ʒ i. Sapa as much as shall suffice to make them into a masse. They purge very strongly from all parts of the body, both Choler, and Slimy hu∣mours, but especially from the head and breast; and are good against Catarrhes, and old Coughes.

Pills called, Without which I would not be.

3 R. Of the best Aloes ʒ xiiii. yellow Mirabolanes, Mirabolanes of India, Mirabolanes Chebules, Rubarbe, Masticke, Wormwood, Roses, Violets, Sene, Agarick, Dodder ana ʒ i. Scammony ʒ vi. ss. dissolve the Scam∣mony in the Iuice of Fennell, as much as shall suffice, and straine it through a Cloth, and with the same Iuice mingle the said Powders finely beate. These draw Choler, Phlegme, and Melancholy from all parts of the body, but especially from the Head, Eyes, and Sences; they preserve the sight, and take away the paine, and noise of the Eares.

Stomack Pills.

4 R. Aloes ʒ vi. Mastick, red Roses, ana ʒ ii. make them up with the Sirrup of Roses, or Wormwood. These are to be taken before meate, and doe purge the Stomack gently, and mildly, and help concoction.

Pills of Ruffus, called common Pills, or Pestilentiall.

5 R. Of the best Aloes ℥ ii. of the best Myrrhe, and Saffron ana ℥ i. mingle them with Aromatick Wine, and make a masse. They doe much help the concocti∣on, and will not suffer the meate to putrifie, and availe much against pestiferous contagions.

Those that would purge twice, or thrice in a day, or keep their bodies soluble, let them take two or three little Pills as big as a Pease every morning of Aloes Ro∣satum, or at any time when they will; also there is a way to wash Aloes, and so to make it into Pills; very

excellent to purge the Head of Phlegme: whereof I shall speake hereafter.

As for Antidotaries, Trochiskes, and the like, because (amongst those for whom I intend this Booke) such things are seldome used, and therefore may more better be bought at the Apothecaries, if occasion shall serve, I have omitted them; and considering also that so little cannot be made as sometimes is used, the residue often∣times corrupted, and lost the strength before they use any againe; moreover I doe not finde any but such as are in Print at large already, and therefore needlesse to be here inserted.

Next I will shew you some things that are set downe in this Book, amongst divers Simples; which you can∣not know, unlesse you runne to the Apothecary to buy them.